Friday, October 29, 2010

#12 Sgt Sidhu

The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.As I had posted earlier , since the crew were missing in action,their names are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede commemorates by name over 20,000 airmen who were lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North and Western Europe, and who have no known graves. They served in Bomber, Fighter, Coastal, Transport, Flying Training and Maintenance Commands, and came from all parts of the Commonwealth. Some were from countries in continental Europe which had been overrun but whose airmen continued to fight in the ranks of the Royal Air Force. The memorial was designed by Sir Edward Maufe with sculpture by Vernon Hill. The engraved glass and painted ceilings were designed by John Hutton and the poem engraved on the gallery window was written by Paul H Scott.

Sgt. Alexander Clunie Howell Panel 199Son of William James Stanley Howell and Ella Isabell Howell, of Wairoi, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand And yes , in the next post I will tell you how I was helped by the Air Historical Branch , Kevin King,the CWGC , Air of Authority-- (a site on the net --M B Barrass) , the 75 Sqn Association--Friends of 75( New-Zealand) Sqn Association , Kelvin Youngs( Aircraft Remembrance Society) and Mike Harrison amongst others-- keep following

Hello Tony,I see we are related somehow.Sgt Devinder Singh Sidhu was my grandfather's elder brother and my grandmother was engaged to him before he left for the war.I am glad you saved me a lot of time and effort to find out more about himI would like to discuss more on the subject drop me a line at harnihalsidhu@gmail.com